Milk during pregnancy: the benefits and harm, recommendations for use

During pregnancy, the menu should be varied.The inclusion of dairy products helps to diversify the diet of the future mother. This article will tell you more about the benefits and dangers of milk, as well as recommendations for its use for expectant mothers.

Milk in its composition contains many useful components. Nutrients contained in dairy products saturate the body of the expectant mother with energy. So, milk contains:

• water;
• proteins;
• milk sugar;
• lipids;
• riboflavin;
• vitamin C;
• retinol;
• a nicotinic acid;
• thiamine;
• choline.

The dairy product also contains mineral compounds:

• sodium;
• sulfur;
• iron;
• chlorine;
• phosphorus;
• magnesium;
• potassium;
• calcium.

The benefits of these minerals for the body of the future mother is that they have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the digestive organs. Thus, in the composition of milk, components capable of reducing the secretion of gastric juice were found. These substances can also envelop the stomach walls, which reduces the risk of damage due to exposure to hydrochloric acid. The more this acid is contained in the stomach, the higher the chance of developing dyspeptic symptoms. One of them is the appearance of heartburn. This unpleasant symptom often appears in early pregnancy.

Even one glass of milk helps many pregnant women to get rid of this clinical symptom. Symptoms of dyspepsia appear during pregnancy due to hormonal changes in the future mother's body. The concentration of hormones in the blood in the first trimester of pregnancy is constantly changing, which leads to the appearance of very specific symptoms. Many women note that during pregnancy, milk helped them cope with the resulting heartburn.

The milk contains fatty components that help reduce acidity in the stomach, which leads to the cessation of heartburn. Dairy products contain proteins. These components need not only the body of the expectant mother herself, but also her entire body cells of her baby. In the early stages of pregnancy, the child is laying the internal organs. If too little protein enters the baby’s bloodstream, this can lead to various disorders. Such specific changes can provoke the development of pathologies of intrauterine development.

Milk is also rich in specific fats. Fatty components, getting into the body, are quickly absorbed and contribute to saturation. It is no coincidence that many future mothers note that after consuming milk or a dish made from it, they feel satiety for a long time. Dairy products are rich in a very important mineral - calcium. This mineral compound is necessary for the fetus during the laying of its musculoskeletal system.

If during the period of the formation of bones in a child, his mother consumes an insufficient amount of products enriched with calcium and does not take multivitamin complexes, then this may provoke the formation of dangerous pathologies in the baby.

Dairy products in some cases and can harm. The appearance of adverse symptoms is also largely due to some components present in the chemical composition of these products. So, milk contains lactose (milk sugar). This substance, getting into the body of a woman suffering from lactase deficiency, can provoke the appearance of adverse symptoms. Clinical manifestations of lactase deficiency include abdominal pain and diarrhea after consuming dairy products containing lactose.

There are also quite a lot of cholesterol in dairy products of high fat content.Acting in large quantities into the body of the future mother, this component can trigger the development of a pathological condition - hypercholesterolemia. Excess cholesterol in the bloodstream of the future mother is dangerous by the development of a number of disorders in the baby, actively developing in the womb. In order to reduce the risk of developing such pathologies, you should not use fat milk for women during pregnancy.

On the table for a pregnant woman should be present only fresh milk. The use of low-quality dairy products can be dangerous development of food poisoning. Such pathologies during pregnancy can lead to the development of various complications and even hospitalization in the hospital.

Do not consume dairy products that have not passed the preliminary heat treatment. The quality of dairy products plays an important role. Poor-quality products can be hazardous, as various chemicals can be present. So, in low-quality milk can be radionuclides and even antibiotics. Once in the body, they can provoke the development of extremely dangerous pathologies. Note that in low-quality dairy products there may even be toxic substances.

The adverse clinical signs of the pathologies that are caused by these components manifest themselves as they accumulate in the bloodstream.

Expectant mothers should carefully monitor their own well-being. Against the background of the use of dairy products, it is necessary to evaluate your overall condition. So, if after a couple of hours from the moment of consumption of any dairy product, a heaviness or bloating appeared in the stomach, then the pregnant woman should temporarily limit its intake and consult with her doctor. Stool breakdown after drinking milk is another symptom that should alert. If this clinical symptom appears, then in this case you should also consult a doctor to determine hidden lactase deficiency.

Doctors note that it is possible to drink milk not only at the beginning of pregnancy, but also in 2-3 trimester. However, it is imperative to monitor the amount of dairy product consumed, not exceeding the recommended dosage of its use. Expectant mothers with chronic pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract should always consult a general practitioner or a gastroenterologist before including dairy products in their menu. The doctor will evaluate the state of health and will give recommendations on whether it is possible to use certain dairy products.

In future mothers often have a question about what dairy products they should use. You can drink not only cow's milk, but goat. It contains less milk sugar, and hence the risk of adverse symptoms in the stomach after its use is significantly lower.

Goat milk is rich in components that contribute to the normalization of the production of gastric secretion. It is no coincidence that this dairy product is recommended to be included in your diet for women suffering from inflammatory diseases of the stomach.The active components contained in goat milk, contribute to the normalization of the work of gastric cells, which leads to a change in secretion. Thus, in women consuming products made from goat milk, the risk of heartburn and other dyspeptic symptoms is significantly reduced.

Goat's milk contains quite a lot of lipids, which leads to a feeling of fullness after consuming this product. The fraction of such fats is fine. This means that such fats are well absorbed into the blood, without causing disruption to the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. That is why such dairy products are much less likely to cause the development of uncomfortable symptoms of flatulence.

These dairy products are rich in special bifidobacteria - useful microbes that help improve digestion. The use of such products helps to normalize the work of the intestine, and therefore is the prevention of constipation - a common problem that develops, usually in late pregnancy.

In order to reduce the risk of adverse symptoms after consuming dairy products, Doctors recommend expectant mothers to pay attention to the following tips.

• Drinking milk in large quantities is not worth it. In order to fill the body with the necessary minerals contained in milk, it is enough to drink it in the amount of ½ liter per day. At the same time, you should carefully monitor your own well-being. At occurrence of any adverse symptoms, the use of dairy products should be abandoned and a doctor must be presented.
• Expectant mothers with excess weight, it is better to buy milk and dairy products, which have a low fat content. Such dairy products are also suitable for women who have a high level of cholesterol in their blood during pregnancy.
• Do not consume dairy products immediately before bedtime. They contain components that have a diuretic effect. In order to reduce the burden on the kidneys at night, it is better to drink milk a couple of hours before bedtime.
• Do not drink too cold milk. The use of such a drink can trigger the development of angina and pharyngitis.

See the following video on the benefits of goat milk during pregnancy.